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About 43%. it had nearly plummeted from around 60% when he first took office. so all the things he was doing well were not getting noticed. instead, he was getting hit hard by the fact he had no control over his own party. there was so much internal wrangling, that it appeared the democrats were hit by the virginia governor election, where a republican won, in a state where a governor had been democratic in the past so it was clear that all of this wasnt playing out well for the democrats, but p...

Infrastructure bill, 228 to 206. 13 republicans voted yes yes, six democrats voted no. this came after the president worked the phones all day, he also called in to a meeting of progressive members. there was a truce between liberal and moderate democrats who held up the bill throughout the day. >> we need to get both bills done, weve always said we need to get both bills done, and tonight we have an agreement that will get both bills done. were gonna trust each other, because the democratic par...

But themselves. >> virginia was a huge bummer. honestly, if anything, i think the results show the limits of trying to run a fully 100% super moderated campaign that does not excite, speak to you, energize the progressive base. >> john: "bummer, but not our problem." >> sandra: then there is senator joe manchin. the squad banded in a bigot for criticizing the spending plan, and just yesterday he had to de. >> joe manchin, is it worth it? is the money with it? is the money that important, joe man...

States mounting legal challenges could they block it? just in, reports of shooting at a resort popular with american tourists. what were learning. also tonight the election fall-out. growing pressure on democrats to pass president bidens spending plan after disappointing losses could there finally be a vote this week controversy in the trial of three white georgia men. charged with killing ahmaud arbery, a black man. the jury nearly all white. the judge saying it appears to be intentional ...

Day 289 of the biden administration. the focus is on capitol hill where the democrats are finally expected to vote tomorrow on the presidents spending plan. we should add, in fairness, your u.s. senate is leaving on a ten-day break and the house is out next week as well. so you get the urgency that has gripped washington. on another front, the committee investigating the 1/6 insurrection, donald trumps attempts to keep documents related to that day private and away from that committee appear to ...

Someone like joe biden who is not caught up in the drama of the moment, could get that done. get that pragmatic thing done and then the build back better agenda. the progressives who have been in a holding pattern trying to get more of a commitm on the broader spending plan, they let it go and ready to vote on infrastructure or have been. it seems to me that this is still going to happen but think in the final hours it is ugly to watch. everyone trying to figure out what is the best order to do ...

Trillion over 10 years the spending plan is closer to 4 trillion dollars. so leadership forging ahead without that cbo score. a quick flashback. something we dug up. when pelosi back in the day blasted republicans for doing the same thing, watch. >> republicans are facing -- racing this bill forward before the cbo can truly expose the consequences, the catastrophic consequences of their health bill. forcing a vote without an updated cbo score shows the republicans are terrified of the facts of w...

Unveiled before his inauguration as his build back better spending plan. house democrats were expected to vote on the nearly $2 trillion social spending package today, along with a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed in the senate months ago. but theres been no vote on either bill. bottom line, the sausage making here in washington has ground to a halt. tonight, it is evident that the demodemocrats have turned the presidents signature legislation into a pretty unappetizing pro...

As we reported, the house is expected to vote tomorrow on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the larger $1.75 trillion spending plan. still with us, thankfully, professor victoria difrancesco soto and mark mckinnon. this is work of our mutual friend, eugene robinson. he writes this, while go big or go home may be a cliche, it is advice biden and the democrats should heed. once democrats pass bidens big bills, they should sell them to voters, trumpeting whats in the legislation rather than la...

Changer. thanks for being here. we begin with new developments on democrats e frt efforts to president bidens agenda through congress. house democrats are meeting at this hour to talk about changes to their trillion-dollar spending plan. house speaker nancy pelosi is pushing for votes as early as today on that as well as the bipartisan infrastructure plan. quite honestly, that is hard to see right now. were waiting to hear from the speaker any minute. it comes as democrats are struggling to fi...